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OUTLINE OF 



COURSES OF STUDY 

Academic High Schools 

WASHINGTON, D. (S 
1910-1911 



CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL 
EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL 
WESTERN HIGH SCHOOL 
M STREET HIGH SCHOOL 



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LOCATIONS OF BUILDINGS. 



Central High School. — Seventh and O streets northwest. 
Eastern High School. — Seventh and C streets southeast. 
Western High School. — Thirty-fifth and R streets northwest. 
M Street High School.— M street, between First street and New Jer- 
sey avenue northwest. 



TERMS OF ADMISSION. 



Pupils in the eighth grades of the public schools of the District of 
Columbia are admitted to the Academic High Schools on the certificate 
of their eighth-grade teachers. 

Entrance examinations are given only to pupils from other than the 
public schools of the District of Columbia. Proficiency in each of the 
branches named below is required. 

Entrance examinations are held at the beginning of school in Sep- 
tember of each year. All candidates for entrance are requested to 
confer with one of the members of the Board of Examiners at the 
Central High School, on Thursday, Friday or Saturday of the week 
preceding the opening of the public schools, between 9 a. m. and 12 m., 
and 2.30 and 4.30 p. m. 



REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION 
TO FIRST- YEAR CLASSES. 



English Grammar and Composition. United States History and Con- 
stitution. Geography. Arithmetic. Algebra, through factoring. 



REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION 
TO ADVANCED CLASSES. 



The studies of the preceding year, or their equivalent. 



TO THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN: 

The pages of this circular should be examined carefully, and selection 
be made of the group of studies desired only after full consideration 
of the advantages of the several courses offered, in connection with 
the aims and ability of the pupil. The course entered upon (and the 
elective studies) cannot afterwards be changed. 

It is of the greatest importance to all pupils entering the high schools 
that they give attention to the following matters : 



The pupil must take upon himself the greater part of the re- 
sponsibility for his work. If he is not earnest enough or mature 
enough for this, he is not fit to undertake the work of the high 
school. 



The average pupil who is taking the full course will need about 
three hours of study at home daily in addition to the study 
hours this program may allow him at school. Failure to spend 
the necessary effort on his work at home is certain to result in 
the pupil's failure at school. Pupils should develop the habit of 
studying with attention strongly fixed on the work on hand. 



3- The pupil who fails to appreciate the importance of steady appli- 
cation and mastery of his ta*k from the very beginning of his 
course may expect that he will soon be lost. Both for his suc- 
cess in school and in after life he is urged to cultivate from the 
outset habits which will mark him as one who is prompt, orderly, 
neat, and thorough — one who does one thing at a time and 
always does it well. 

4. In cases in which the school work is too heavy for faithful 
pupils of frail health, it is suggested that parents confer with 
the principal of the school to arrange for lightening the child's 
burden by lengthening the time for accomplishing the prescribed 
course. 

5- Worry for some and social distraction for others do more harm 
than does school work. 

6. Parents will greatly assist the pupil to make his school course 
a success if they insist upon regular hours for study, free from 
interruptions. Have your boy or girl make a business of schoi-l. 

Parents are requested to visit the high school which their children 
attend for conference with the principal and teachers. The most con- 
venient time for seeing the latter is at the close of school in the after- 
noon. 

The Military Organization, as a general body, and the Athletic Asso- 
ciations and Debating Societies of the several schools are the only 
organizations recognized or sanctioned by the high schools. For the 
sake of his studies, it is not advisable for any pupil to devote his atten- 
tion to the work of more than one, or at most two, of the above organi- 
zations. 



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NOTES. 

A major study is one which is regularly assigned at least four periods 
of school time per week. 

Candidates for diplomas must pursue four major subjects in each 
year, including all the prescribed studies. Under certain conditions, 
three major subjects in the fourth year may be accepted for graduation. 
Students who from any cause fail to meet these requirements, are en- 
rolled as "unclassified," and cannot graduate until the prescribed work 
is satisfactorily made up. 

It is desirable that every pupil shall have at least one year of science. 

If only three years of foreign language work be taken, one and the 
same language must be taken continuously. 

Physical culture is prescribed for all pupils. 

Spelling is prescribed for all pupils in the first and second years as a 
part of the English course. 

Drawing one hour per week is required of all pupils in the first and 
second years. It is required of all Normal candidates through the four 
years. 

Pupils in the third and fourth years may be permitted to substitute 
major drawing, eight hours per week, for some other elective subject, 
exclusive of the required year of science. Such arrangement will be 
made by the principal only upon the presentation of good and sufficient 
reasons. All such courses must be planned in detail. 

Mechanical Drawing is required of all pupils taking third year mathe- 
matics. 

A review course in arithmetic, as a minor elective, two hours weekly, 
will be open to fourth-year pupils. 

Any subject newly elected in the third year must be continued 
through the fourth. 

Pupils desiring two years of work in physics, chemistry or biolog>' 
must take that subject during the second and third years. 

Choral work in music is prescribed for all pupils. Pupils intending 
to enter the normal school are required to take music throughout the 
course. 



College Preparation. — Every student preparing for college shonld 
make an early decision in regard to the college he desires to enter, and, 
under the advice of the principal make proper selection of the required 
studies. Pupils preparing for institutions requiring certain definite sub- 
jects may, with the written approval of the principal, substitute other 
than the offered electives in the third and fourth years. 

The Classical Course prepares pupils for Classical Courses in college. 
The Classical and Scientific Courses prepare pupils for scientific courses 
in college. The Scientific Course prepares for advanced technical schools 
and colleges. 

Pupils in the Classical Course who are preparing for engineering 
courses in the college should substitute Physics I and II for Latin III 
and IV. 

Suggestions to Parents. — The aim in offering the accompanying 
courses in the Washington High Schools has been to group certain 
studies, pursuit of which shall give a training as effective and well-bal- 
anced as is possible in any high school course. The majority of the 
pupils who complete the work of the high schools end their school train- 
ing with graduation. It is therefore essential that each mind be as well 
trained for its work as possible. To this end each course offered 
attempts to combine the elements of broad culture with a group of 
studies suited to the peculiar qualities of individual minds. Thus, four 
years of English, two of mathematics, two of foreign language, either 
ancient or modern, one of an elementar)' science (except for those 
whose college preparation may demand some other subject instead of 
science), drawing, and music are required of all pupils in Academic 
Schools. 

Throughout the third and fourth years the several courses offer oppor- 
tunities of development along lines of personal aptitude. 

The basis of the Classical Course is English, Latin, Greek or German 
or French. This course offers a training in the classics with an election 
of one or two modern languages, advanced mathematics, or mathematics 
and science. The last named combination is recommended to allpupils 
taking the Classical Course, unless they be candidates for admission to 
colleges which demand other work. 



The basis of the Scientific Course is English, mathematics, and 
science. It offers an opportunity of continuing the language begun in 
the first year, either ancient or modern, or the substituting therefor of 
two years of modern language. 

The basis of the Modern Language Course is English and German, 
with the choice of another language, French or Spanish, in the last two 
years. 

The basis of the History Course is English and history with a foreign 
language, either ancient or modern, with the choice of a modern lan- 
guage, either German or French, in the last two years. 



TEXT BOOKS AUTHORIZED FOR USE 



IN THE FIRST-YEAR CLASS. 

Algebra: Wentworth's New School Algebra, $1.12. English: Manual 
cf Composition and Rhetoric, Gardiner, Kittredge and Arnold, $1.00. 
Selections (may be procured as needed). Geography: Dr3'er, Lessons 
in Physical Geography, $1.20. German: Spanhoofd's Lehrbuch der 
Deutschen Sprache, $1.00. History: West, The Ancient World, $1.50. 
Latin: Collar & Daniell's First Year Latin, $1.00. Allen & Greenough's 
Grammar (revised), $1.20. The Advanced Rational Speller, Daly, 25 
cts. The Laurel Song Book, $1.00. 

■ IN THE SECOND-YEAR CLASS. 

Chemistry: Remsen's Introduction to the Study of Chemistry, $1.25. 
English: Gardiner, Kittredge and Arnold, Manual of Composition and 
Rhetoric, $1.00. Selections (procured as needed). French: Aldrich & 
Foster's Elementary French, $1.00. Snow & Lebon, Easy French, 60 
cts. Geometry: Wentworth's Plane and Solid (revised), $1.25. Geo- 
metrical Exercises, 12 cts. German: Spanhoofd's Lehrbuch, $1.00. 
Kleine Geschichten fur Anfanger (Appleton), 45 cts. Benedix, "Nein," 
25 cts. Seidel's "Leberecht Huhnchen," 30 cts. Hohlfeld's Deutsches 
Liederbuch, 75 cts. Greek: Goodwin's Greek Grammar (Edition of 
'92), $1.50. White's First Greek Book, $1.25. Latin: Allen & 
Greenough's Grammar (revised), $1.20. Collar & Daniell's First Year 
Latin, $1.00. Caesar's Gallic War, Allen & Greenough, $1.25; Gunni- 
son & Harley, $1.25. Physics: Mann & Twiss's Physics, revised edition, 
$1.25 (exchange price, 75 cts.). The Advanced Rational Speller, Daly, 
25 cts. The Laurel Song Book, $1.00. 

IN THE THIRD-YEAR CLASS. 

Biology: Wilkin's Inductive Biology, 75 cts. Jordan et al. : Animal 
Study, $1.25. Chemistry: Remsen's Introduction to the Study of 
Chemistry, $1.25. Ciz'il Government: Bryce's American Commonwealth, 
$1.75. English: Chaucer, Milton, Shakespeare. Macaulay's Essay on 



Milton. Halleck's History of English Literature, $1.25. French, ist 
year: x\ldrich & Foster's Elementary French, $1.00. Snow & Lebon's 
Easy French, 60 cts. L'Abbe Constantin, 40 cts. 2d year: Aldrich & 
Foster's Elementary French, L'Abbe Constantin, 40 cts. Madame 
Therese, 50 cts. *Heath's English-French and French-English Dic- 
tionary, $1.20. German: Baumbach's "Der Schwiegersohn," 40 cts. 
Lessing's "Minna von Barnhelm," 50 cts. Hohlfeld's Deutsches Lieder- 
buch. 75 cts. Jagemann's German Syntax, 80 cts. Wesselhoeft's Com- 
position, 40 cts. Newson's German Daily Life, 75 cts. *Heath's Ger- 
man-English and English-German Dictionary, $1.20. Greek: Goodwin's 
Greek Grammar, $1.50. Goodwin and White's Xenophon's Anabasis, 
$1.50. Pearson's Greek Prose Composition, 90 cts. History: Robinson's 
History of Western Europe, $1.60. Lafiii: Select Orations of Cicero, 
Tunstall's (revised)^ $i.20, or Allen & Greenough's New Edition, $1.40. 
Daniell and Brown's New Latin Composition, $1.00. Mathematics: 
Wentworth's Plane and Solid Geometry (Revised), $1.25. Went- 
worth's Trigonometry and Surveying (with tables). Second Re- 
vised Edition, $1.35. Physics: Hall and Bergen's A Text Book of 
Physics (revised), $1.25. Lodge's Mechanics, $1.35. Political Economy: 
Ely and Wicker's Elementary Economics, $1.00. Spanish: Introduction 
a la lengua Castellana, De Garennes and Marion, 90 cts. El final de 
Norma, Alarcon, 75 cts. The Laurel Song Book, $1.00. 

IN THE FOURTH-YEAR CLASS. 

Arithmetic: Beman & Smith, Higher Arithmetic, 80 cts. Botany: 
Bergen's Foundations of Botany (without Flora), $1.20. Coulter's 
Plant Studies, $1.25. English: (References may be procured as needed.) 
Halleck's History of English Literature, $1.25. Woolley's Handbook of 
Composition, 70 cts. French, 2d year: Aldrich & Foster's Elementary 
French ; Madame Therese, 50 cts. ; Le Voyage de M. Perrichon, 35 cts. ; 
Le Roi des Montagnes, 50 cts. sd year: Bouvet's French Syntax and 
Composition, 75 cts. ; Le Voyage de M. Perrichon, 35 cts. ; Contes 
Choisis de Bazin, 35 cts.; Le Roi des Montagnes, 50 cts. German: 
Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell" (Palmer's Edition), 75 cts. Goethe's "Iphi- 
genie," 60 cts. Goethe's Hermann and Dorothea, 60 cts. Lehmann's 

*Recommended for purchase. 



Literaturgeschichte, 40 cts. Jagemann's Syntax, 80 cts. Wesselhoeft's 
Composition, 40 cts. Hohlfeld's Deutsches Liederbuch, 75 cts. Newson's 
German Daily Life, 75 cts. Greek: Benner's Homer's Iliad, $1.60. 
Goodwin's Greek Grammar, $1.50. Goodwin's Greek Reader, $1.50. 
Collar and Daniell's Beginner's Greek Prose Composition, 90 cts. 
Pearson's Greek Prose Composition, 90 cts. Liddell and Scott's Greek- 
English Lexicon (abridged), $1.25. History: McLaughlin's A History 
of the American Nation, $1.40. Latin: Virgil's Aeneid, Greenough and 
Kittredge, $1.50. Daniell and Brown's New Latin Prose Composition, 
$1.00 (college class only). Burgess, Drill Vocabulary for Virgil, 
30 cts. Mathematics: Wentworth's College Algebra (first edition), 
$1.50. Wentworth's Analytical Geometry, $1.25. Spanish: Marianela, 
Galdos, 75 cts. Temprano y consol, Bazan, 30 cts. Despues de lalluvia 
(edition Cortina), 25 cts. Giese's First Book in Spanish, $1.20. Zoology: 
Kellogg's Elementary Zoology, $1.35. The Laurel Song Book, $1.00. 

The following additional texts have been adopted for supplementary 
reading in the classes in French and German. They are published by 
D. C. Heath & Co., the American Book Co., Ginn & Co., Henry Holt 
& Co. 



GERMAN. 

Immensee. 

Der Zerbrochene Krug. 
Hoher als die Kirche. 
Fritz auf Ferien. 
Peterle von Nurnberg. 
Kleine Geschichten. 
]\Iarchen und Erzahlungen. 



FRENCH 

Bigarreau, 25 cts. 

Colomba. 

Contes et Legeiides. 

La Petite Fadette. 

Sans Famille. 

Contes Bleus. 



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